Anne Griffiths is a Canadian-born artist, whose work is inspired by the expression of landscape through innovative knotting of colour and form. Griffiths practice includes an exploration of memory and space through her gestural line work and an energetic colour palette. Her work displays her interest in how places are stored in memory, and so she explores the depiction of an imaginative landscape. Griffiths studied painting at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver, Canada and later received a diploma in design and illustration from Capilano University’s IDEA Program in 1986.
Solo exhibitions include Woodland Symphony, Sister By Studio Ashby+The Finch Project (2024), The Nature Cure, Bau-xi Gallery, Vancouver (2024), Gliding In, Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto (2023), Becoming The Story, Bau-xi Gallery, Vancouver (2023), From This Place, Bau-xi Gallery, Vancouver (2022), Bau-xi Gallery, Vancouver Canada (2021), Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto Canada (2021), Duthie Gallery, Salt Spring Island (2016), Observations, Horseshoe Bay Trading Co., West Vancouver (2014), ‘All of This’, Tartooful Gallery, North Vancouver (2010), ‘Passing Architecture’, Private Gallery, Vancouver (2009).
Group exhibitions include ‘Ethereal’, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2025), ‘Tropical’ , Maat Gallery, Paris, France (2025), London Art Fair, with The Finch Project, London, UK (2025), ‘Goth In A Landscape’, University Of Aberystwyth, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK (2024), Lapada Art Fair with The Finch Project, London, UK (2024), Art Toronto with Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto (2024), Art Toronto with Dianna Witte Gallery and Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto (2023) Art Toronto with Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto (2022), Uprising, Schloss Görne, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2022), ‘Summer Show’, Bau-xi Gallery, Vancouver (2022), ‘Holiday Show’, Bau-xi Gallery, Vancouver (2021), ‘Winter Salon’, Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto (2021), Art Toronto with Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto (2021), ‘Summer Salon’, Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto (2021), ‘Winter Salon’, Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto (2020), ‘Summer Forecast’, Dianna Witte Gallery, Curated by Tatum Dooley, Toronto (2019) Saltspring National Art Prize Auction, Salt Spring Island (2017) Arts In View, North Vancouver (2015), Ferry Building Gallery, West Vancouver (2015), Southend Gallery, Salt Spring Island Saltspring (2015), Southend Gallery, Salt Spring Island (2014), International Art Barn, ECAS, Salt Spring Island (2014), Southend Gallery with Hillario and Martha Sturdy, Salt Spring Island (2014), International Art Barn, ECAS, Salt Spring Island (2013)
Highlights and Collections
Anne Griffiths has participated in numerous exhibitions throughout her career, primarily present in the Canadian regions, but in the last couple of years her work has gained popularity in the European exhibition scene, with presence in the Maat Gallery in France, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery in Germany and The Finch Project in the UK. In 2018, she worked under Harold Klunder for a residency that can be seen to influence the intensity of her colourways and textural brushwork. Furthermore, her work can be found in prominent public and private collections such as the Albion Nord, London UK, Toyon Arts + Studio Ashby, Los Angeles, USA, Paterson Zevi, London UK, Studio Ashby, London UK, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver BC, Paterson Zevi, London UK, Chard Development, Vancouver, The Hilton, Victoria.